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Why Do We Tell Stories?

A Conversation Between an Author and a Neuroscientist

How is a story like a butterfly? How is it like science?

When author Claire Messud and neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy, PhD, sat down to talk — about their childhoods and their crafts — the result was pure magic.

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